What is a
clustered storage system? What is the difference between a clustered storage system, a distributed computing system and a mainframe system for enterprise data storage?

Clustering usually refers to the physical connection of independent compute nodes (servers) and a controlling function that distributes workloads to each node and/or manages the transfer of workloads between nodes.

For enterprise data storage, clustering usually requires a shared storage system, such as a storage-area network (SAN). A mechanism to duplicate the data in the storage system that's directly attached to each node can also be used.

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A distributed computing system consists of nodes that have processing power and memory to support that processing. A distributed system architecture is typically used to break a larger processing job into sub-processes that each node can handle simultaneously to shorten the job.

A mainframe system is a single-node compute system. Mainframe systems were originally designed with a single processing engine, but also have multiple processors that can operate somewhat independently.

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